Preparation of a panel of avian influenza viruses of different subtypes for vaccine strains against future pandemics

International Congress Series

Volumn 1263, Issue C, 2004, Pages 674-677

  Sakoda, Yoshihiro ^a   Ito, Toshihiro ^b   Okazaki, Katsunori ^a   Takada, Ayato ^c   Ito, Yuki ^a   Tamai, Kyuzo ^a   Okamatsu, Masatoshi ^a   Shortridge, Kennedy F ^d   Webster, Robert G ^e   Kida, Hiroshi ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^e ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Avian influenza virus; Global surveillance; Pandemic; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

EID: 55949108723     PISSN: 05315131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ics.2004.01.035     Document Type: Article

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